Bayer faces a $2.1 billion jury verdict in Georgia over claims that its Roundup weed killer caused a plaintiff's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Bayer plans to appeal.

A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.

A state jury in Georgia directed Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, to pay more than $2.1 billion in damages to a man who claimed its weed killer Roundup caused his cancer.